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Lamentations 4:7

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7Her tNazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk,

They were more ruddy in ubody than vrubies, their wpolishing was of uxsapphire:

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Footnotes

  1. tSee Num. 6:2. Add Amos 2:11, 12. 1 Macc. 3:49.
  2. vSee Job 28:18.
  3. wEzek. 41:12–15. & 42:1, 10, 13 in the Heb.
  4. xSee Rev. 21:19.

Cross references

  1. uEx. 24:10.
  2. uEx. 24:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Her princes were purer than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than coral,

the beauty of their form was like sapphire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their princes were brighter than snow

and whiter than milk,

their bodies more ruddy than rubies,

their appearance like lapis lazuli.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than coral,

their appearance like lapis lazuli.

NLTNew Living Translation

Our princes once glowed with health—

brighter than snow, whiter than milk.

Their faces were as ruddy as rubies,

their appearance like fine jewels.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Her princes were purer than snow,

they were whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,

sapphire their appearance.